Radiographers have called for more to be done to support patients with dementia while having scans and tests.

Patients who go to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain often receive unnecessary tests to evaluate whether they are having a heart attack, a practice that provides no clinical benefit and adds ...

—Despite the fact that about one-third of patients with ERBB2-positive breast cancer develop brain metastases, not much is known about outcomes among patients who have disease limited to the central ...

Aggressive behavior of patients is noticeably increasing in clinics and medical practices. High time pressure, overcrowded waiting rooms, and often unrealistic expectations among patients can cause ...

An experimental vaccine could offer fresh hope to women diagnosed with an aggressive and hard-to-treat form of breast cancer, new research suggests. The vaccine appears to be safe and effective ...

Recently, a general practitioner (GP) in Spenge, Germany, was severely assaulted by a patient in the waiting room, highlighting a disturbing rise in violence against healthcare professionals. The ...

Compared with white patients, Black patients with an aggressive form of leukemia--called acute myeloid leukemia (AML)--were on average more than five years younger at diagnosis and more than 30 ...

Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that analyzed Medicare records. The study, published in ...

A medical transport helicopter made an emergency landing in Belleview, Fla., Wednesday morning due to an unruly patient on board, reports Ocala Star-Banner. The ShandsCair helicopter was transporting ...

A study published in the scientific journal F1000 Research found that medical cannabis use increased overall survival rates among patients diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a rare cancer that ...

At the end of "The Pitt" Season 2, Episode 11, an aggressive patient attacks Emma (Laëtitia Hollard), a young nursing graduate, and places her in a headlock. In the following episode, nurse Dana ...